City of Pinckneyville v. Hutchings
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case.—Damages for lands taken, etc. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Perry County: the Hon. Benjamin R. Burroughs, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the August term, 1895.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Green
delivered the opinion of the Court.
This action in case was brought by appellee to recover from appellant damages to his land, caused by a dam built at a point below said land, across a creek flowing .through it, causing water to flow onto his land and stand thereon, and lessen it in value, and destroying and preventing the use of a quarry thereon, which dam and obstruction, it is averred, appellant kept and continued, and now designs to continue, as a part of the system of water works for the use of said city of Pincknevville and its inhabitants.
Appellant filed its…
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